Letters: Ruth Frow

Keith Flett writes; Your obituary of Ruth Frow (February 1), the co-founder of Salford's Working Class Movement Library, highlighted her combination of activism and devotion to building that archive with Eddie Frow. She was also a great encourager - and where appropriate, a stern critic - of socialist historians aiming to use the material she gathered. Activist and archivist is a potent combination.

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